Founded in 1505, the University of Seville (US)
is the second biggest university in Spain by way of the number of students
(over 70,000) and the biggest in Andalusia. The US is a public university that
promotes equal opportunities to incoming students, solely based on merits,
critical thinking and the search and transference of knowledge to society.
The University of Seville stands out for having
one of the widest academic offers in the country (www.us.es/estudios) in all the areas of knowledge, Arts and Humanities, Engineering
and Technology, Social Sciences and Management, Natural Sciences and Life
Sciences and Medicine. Teaching is conducted in 5 main campuses, spread
throughout the city, with 26 centres (19 Faculties, 5 Higher Technical Schools
of Engineering and Architecture and the lnternational Graduate School). In
addition to the various Departments of all the Faculties and Technical Schools,
the US has:
6 University Research lnstitutes:
- Latín-American Studies lnstitute
- Manuel Clavero Arévalo
University Research lnstitute, formerly known as the García Oviedo lnstitute
- University Research lnstitute of Construction
Sciences
- University Research lnstitute of Mathematical
Research (IMUS)
- University Research lnstitute of IT
Engineering
6 Joint Centres of Research with the Spanish
Higher Scientific Research Council:
- National Accelerator
Centre
- Isla de Cartuja
Scientific Research Centre (which includes the lnstitute for Vegetable Biochemistry and Photosynthesis, Materials
Science lnstitute of Seville and the lnstitute for Chemical Research)
- lnstitute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBIS)
- Andalusian Centre for
Research in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER)
- lnstitute for Microelectronics of Seville
- Pavilion of Monaco
Aquatic Ecology Station
In the framework of the Higher European
Education Area and the ECTS ("European Credit Transfer System”), the US
offers 3 levels of Higher Education: Undergraduate Degree (in general 4 years:
4 x 60 ECT S/academic year = 240 ECTS), Master's Degree (1-2 years: 1-2 x 60
ECTS/academic year = 60-120 ECTS) and Doctorate (3-4 years). Undergraduate and
Master's Degrees belong to Faculties and Higher Technical Schools of
Engineering and Architecture, while Doctorates and some lnternational and Multidisciplinary
Master's Degrees belong to the lnternational Graduate School.
Firmly committed to internationalisation, each
year Universidad de Sevilla welcomes a total of over 5,000 foreign students,
including both full-time and exchange students as well as sending over 2,000 of
its own students abroad on study stays.